Black Music magazine – front covers

First there was Blues & Soul, later there was Black Echoes, between the two came Black Music and with it some of the finest and consistent Reggae journalism of the early 1970’s courtesy of one man, Carl Gayle.

From its first issue in December 1973 the monthly Black Music, though dominated by coverage of Soul music in all it’s forms, became the first UK magazine to take more than a token interest in Reggae Music. Here we present, in all their glory, the front covers of the magazine that featured Reggae artists between December 1973 and the end of 1976, plus a few from ’79 and the early 80’s.

I was wondering if you would be able to make these available for myself also, I am at the University of Manchester and in the process of writing my dissertation on the influence of Reggae on British society. I cannot stress how helpful these magazines would be to my work.

for an investigation I am urgently looking for the issue with Carl Gayle interviewing King Tubby, think it was February 1976. If you don’t want to leave the issue, a scan of that article would also be helpful.

I am aware this comment was posted 3 years ago, But I local to Reading and I am currently writing a dissertation very similar to the commenter here. If you receive this message, I would be forever in your debt if I could have access to your collection for just a few hours one afternoon soon?

@Bernard @Everyone. We are the management company (Koffe an Kreem) for Kofi (ex Brown Sugar). We have set up the Wiki entries for both and are desperately looking for source references, articles, chart images, awards, photos, etc. for both Kofi and Brown Sugar.
But.. any information, etc. you could find and scan would be great. Contact info is on our website. Thanks in advance.

I have the following available: 1974 – February, March, May and July
1975 – March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December
1976 – January, February, March April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December
1977 – January and February

Hi Robert, I did an interview with Carl Gayle in 1974 and i think it wasfor Black Music and I was on the cover but not sure which one…I have a copy of the picture…do you know anything about it?..I think it was Black Music…not sure…Thanks for your help

Oh sorry Robert, I am Susan Cadogan and i wondered if you knew which magazine contains the interview that I did with Carl Gayle…I was trying to locate a copy of it and am not sure which one it was in but it was sometime in 1974 and had pull out poster of me……Thanks!

Robert, thanks for your answer. Seems like I got some wrong informations. But I’m sure there is an issue with Carl Gayle interviewing King Tubby, maybe you can find out. Would be a great help. Best, Helmut

I’ve got a whole black bag full of pristine Black Music, Blues and Soul etc from the 70s through to early 80s. Are they worth anything ? Ex husband doesn’t want them anymore so there they sit up in the loft.

i am interested in buying copies of black music please..especially 1974..
i had all my copies stored , unfortunately they were destroyed when the roof of my garage leaked and i didn’t realize till it was too late to save them..they cover all my years of concerts and allnighters and i would love to get them back. if any one can help please e-mail me.
suggi